Science & Math Elementary Exploration Tentative Events

(formally Elementary Science Olympiad)

A is for Anatomy/No Bones About It - Interested in blood,
guts and tissues? Then this event will keep your heart pumping!

Aerodynamics/Paper Rockets - Design your best paper airplane
and then work to refine it. Helicopters, paper rockets and rocket balloons may
also be available.

Alien Arithmetic - How do aliens do arithmetic? Are there
different ways to count, add and subtract? Meet the alien and use the computer
to do your investigation.

Beginning Botany - Students will have the wonders of the
botanical world in this "all about plants" event. Investigate the root below the
surface, compare stages of growth and discover why you owe your very life to
these green creatures!

Beginning Chemistry- Students will investigate atomic
structure from the very beginnings. Blocks of periodic table elements, marbles
and game board will simulate energy levels allowing the students to discover the
basics of chemistry.

Bridge Building - Students will build bridges. Bridges may
be tested for stability and weight bearing ability.

Circuit Wizardry - Students will have an opportunity to
investigate simple circuits. Make the buzzer ring! Make the light bulb shine and
challenge your knowledge of electricity!

Color Wheel - Each student will investigate color mixing
using Red, Blue and Yellow food coloring, paper towels and a template for their
"wheel".

Computer Programming - Each student can try his or her
skills at programming. Students use a simple software program, with more than
one level. It's quite challenging!

Constellations! - What are the patterns in the night sky?
Come learn about the big bear, the dragon and the other animals imagined in the
sky.

Dangerous Boys and Daring Girls - An event for the dangerous
boy and daring girl! This event features activities from the popular books
"Dangerous Boys" and "Daring Girls". Be dangerous and be daring!

Deep Blue Sea - What organisms can you find in the deep blue
sea? Come and "sea" what you can learn about the deep blue sea and the animals
and plants that live there. Climb into our "aquarium".

Dinosaurs - Students will have an opportunity to learn more
about creatures from long ago. Dinosaur hats and mazes add to the fun.

Elemental Extravaganza - Come learn how the elements in the
periodic table line up. Can you find the right element? Do you know how the
atoms might interact? Come interact with a very cool table that helps chemists
organize.

Estimania - How many? We have lots of opportunities to
practice your estimation skills! The event features a series of quantity based
puzzles that challenge you to think in terms of space and numbers. How many
lollipops in the jar? How many pennies can line up along a meter stick?

Fossil Hunt - Students can see how fossils are made, look at
fossils and place them on a geologic era chart. Come and investigate history at
its finest. After you've hunted for fossils, stop by and make one of your very
own. Students may make a fossil of a leaf.

Gas, Solids & Liquids - Do you know your states of matter?
What's the difference between a gas and a liquid? Come and challenge yourself,
and discover the differences. Are there some substances that have properties of
more than one state?

Great Lakes Geo - Science (Rocks and Minerals)
- Rock and mineral displays are featured. Descriptions included with experts to
answer questions. Geodes and assorted specimens available for purchase.

Heat and Temperature - Do you know the difference between
heat and temperature? Can you make liquids boil by the heat in the palm of your
hand? Can heat be used to move objects? Come and investigate!

Leader Dogs - Do you how dogs are trained to help the
visually impaired? Talk to a trainer about the details of dog training and care.
This activity will be paired with Veterinary Technician.

Leaf & Tree Finder - Do you know what a maple leaf looks
like? How about an acorn? What tree does it come from? Various questions and
activities that involve leaves and trees.

Macroscopic Cell - Walk through our giant cell and discover
different organelles. See the difference between a plant and animal cell.

Magnets - Is this magnetic? This event features magnets.
Students will investigate what is magnetic and what makes an object magnetic.

Making & Using A Scientific Key - "What's that?" Learn how
scientists determine which organism is which.

Maps and More! - What do geographers do? Can you find your
way around the USA? Do you know the countries on all continents? How are cities
planned? How do we prepare for natural disasters? Curious? Come find some
answers at Maps and More!

Math is All Around Us! - Can you see math in your everyday
world? Come see how very useful math is in your world.

Material Science - Do you know how to select the right
material to build a structure? Can you characterize different metals? How are
your observation skills? Come investigate this engineering science.

Moon Craters - Ever thought about how the craters on the
moon were made? This event investigates the relationship between asteroids and
crater size. Do you think larger asteroids made larger craters? Is there a ratio
between the size of the asteroid and the size of the crater? Use of kitchen
materials can help us simulate the crater making process and explore these
questions.

Mystery Bags and Mystery Fish of Science - Is that a marble
or a rubber ball? What is in the Mystery Bag? The Mystery Bags hide objects from
view and challenge students to use their others senses and the scientific method
to discover the contents. Can you use your powers of observation to solve the
Mystery Bag? How does the Mystery Fish move? Can you form and test your
hypotheses?

Owl Pellets - What did the owl eat? Can you key out the
bones and find the rodents and birds that the owl has eaten?

Pond Study - Investigate the large and small of a pond. Look
into a microscope and see the living things in a drop of water. Make a food web
of living things in a pond. Identify a lily pad or a cattail. See our "indoor"
pond.

Rubber Band Catapult - Use a catapult to see how far you can
shoot a rubber band and learn about potential and kinetic energy.

Science of Music - How do different musical instruments make
sound? Does a drum have different pitches? Learn about different musical
instruments, pitch, vibration and how to make them work. Come make beautiful
physics with us. This event features instruments from different cultures.

Spider Web - Learn about different kinds of spiders and
their webs. Children can build a spider web using frames, string and tape, and
then test their web by trying to catch a "prey".

Spirals - Learn all about spirals and how to make them.

STEM Lab - Come learn what scientists do within their labs.
Have you ever extracted DNA before?

Veterinary Technician - Ever wonder what's inside a
racehorse? Are their muscles like human muscles? What does a dog need to grow
healthy? This event explores the possibilities of working with animals from the
"inside" out.

What Went By - What organism made that mark? Whose
footprints are those? Come and learn about the signs animals leave behind.

Who Did It? - Do you love a good mystery? Can you assemble
the clues and make senses of them? Use science to solve the crime.